Belmont At The Big A · Sunday, May 18, 2025 · Race 2 of 9

Claiming

dirt, fastSeven FurlongsPurse $32,0007 ranPost 2025-05-18 13:39:00Final time 1:23.86Pool $211,388

Good for all except 1

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
17Beachwalker
2-3p trn,6p1/4,rallied
Flavien Prat67741—4.5087A
E1 105 · LP 117
23Best Bet
ins trn,clear past1/16
Christopher Elliott11112¾5.8092A
E1 126 · LP 115
32Dads Good Runner
ins-2p,drifted out3/16
Favinho Villa Pino334234½13.6072A
E1 120 · LP 108
45Blake B.
bmp aftr st,3-4p,5p1/4
Jose Lezcano4663451.2582A
E1 115 · LP 108
51Jake Rocks
toss head brk,ins-2p
Dylan Davis755655½2.4095A
E1 115 · LP 107
64Gun Maestro
bmp after brk,4p turn
Omar Hernandez Moreno543561328.7566A
E1 121 · LP 94
76Return the Ring
outside,3p trn,retreat
Frank Villaobos Gonzalez222771833.2559A
E1 121 · LP 87

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

1234567start1/41/2stretchfinish3Best Bet2Dads Good Runner5Blake B.1Jake Rocks4Gun Maestro6Return the Ring7Beachwalker

Fractional times

Call 122.49
Call 245.10
Call 31:10.54
Final1:23.86

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)7$1—
place ($2)7$4.60—
show ($2)7$3.30—
daily double ($1)6-7$22.50$80,906
place ($2)3$6.10—
show ($2)3$4.70—
exacta ($1)7-3$25$160,557
show ($2)2$4.70—
quinella ($1)3-7$15.30$8,338
superfecta ($0.10)7-3-2-5$36.35$58,951
trifecta ($0.50)7-3-2$66.87$92,937

Chart notes

BEACHWALKER dropped well behind while completely void of speed, went around the turn in the two then three path, swung out to the six path while gaining into the stretch, rallied outside under a left-handed crop, closed strongly towards the center on the track and got up late under hand-urging to prevail. BEST BET broke out and hit the gate but came out towards the front, showed the way with a clear lead, extended the advantage late on the backstretch, raced inside on the turn, was asked turning into upper stretch, came under a right-handed crop outside the furlong marker, was switched to a left-handed crop while still clear outside the sixteenth-pole but was caught while clear for the place. DADS GOOD RUNNER was hustled from the gate then chased the pace, dropped further behind the leader late on the backstretch, moved from the two path to the rail early on the turn, spun into the stretch in the two path, drifted out under a left-handed crop inside the three-sixteenths pole, was switched to a right-handed crop outside the furlong marker and lacked the needed kick while able to get the show. BLAKE B. bumped with a rival shortly after the start, was urged along off the pace, went around most of the turn in the three path then moved to the four path, turned into the stretch in the five path and lacked the needed response. JAKE ROCKS tossed his head at the start and was off a step slow, raced off the pace under urging, moved from the rail to the two path on the turn, turned into upper stretch under a drive and failed to rally. GUN MAESTRO bumped with an opponent just after the start, settled under some urging, moved out near the five-eighths pole, was urged along in the four path on the turn and came up empty. RETURN THE RING chased the pace on the outside, dropped further behind the leader late on the backstretch, rounded the turn in the three path and capitulated.